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GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE

To amend the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961, to further regulate the division of the provinces into electoral divisions; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.) (Assented to 31 March 1980.)

E IT ENACTED by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:―

1. Section 43 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsections (1) and (2) of the following subsections: “(1) For the purposes of any division of the [Republic] provinces into electoral divisions, the quota of [the Republic] each province shall be obtained by dividing the number of white voters in the [Republic] province, in terms of the current voters’ lists, duly corrected up to the latest possible date, by [one hundred and sixty-five] the number of members of the House of Assembly to be elected therein in terms of section 40.

(2) [The Republic] Each province shall be divided into electoral divisions in such a manner that each such division shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), contain a number of voters as nearly as may be equal to the quota of the [Republic] province .”.

2. This Act shall be called the Republic of South Africa Constitution Third Amendment Act, 1980, and shall come into operation on 1 April 1980.